Recent content by BuzzKillington

Can you please elaborate on the new South Florida rules?

I'm in Atlanta and got a better than typical pay bump (15%) after passing the SE exam. 

We once got an RFI asking for permission to cut a 14" dia. hole through a 12" deep beam... Sigh! 

FE at 24 and SE at 28. Although I aged like 10 years during those two days of SE exam. 

Last year, most of the states released the SE results on 12/10, while I got mine (Texas) on 12/12. Although, in the next cycle, Texas released it on the same day as most of the other states (06/14). 

I wouldn't worry too much. I don't think the website is robust enough to reflect the results in that fashion. Some of the states have to approve the results before they can be released back to the candidates. So, don't worry just yet.  

I don't think they'll ever give you a specific date/time. You'll most likely get the standard response of "10-12 weeks."

Have you passed the 16-hr SE test? If you haven't, I am afraid that Georgia board will probably refuse to hand you the GA PE license by comity. That's what I've seen happen to a couple of my colleagues. 

Yes, I did pass my SE a few cycles back and am licensed, not in NJ though (and I dont intend to do so 😉 )

Okay..I don't want the test to be easier. I was not shocked to see my test. I wouldn't have been disappointed or complained about the "difficulty of the test," even if the actual test was harder than what I got. I did enough research to know the practice test was useless to gauge the difficulty...

I personally don't have any problems with the difficulty of the test. I don't think most of us here do. The problem, in my opinion, is how this test is being adsorbed in some of the state boards.  My state board doesn't recognize "SE" title but forces applicants to take the 16-hr test. They...

If you turn the windows explorer file preview pane on, you might still be able to see the solutions. My solutions expired a few months back and I just checked it on my work PC... I can still preview the solutions through the bluebeam file preview window. Granted, you can't open the file itself...

This!! 100% behind this idea of removing grandfathering. First step would be to recognize the damn thing. My state (Georgia) requires all structural candidates to take the 16-hr exam, while they don't even recognize them with the SE title. The current system is annoyingly stupid.

If you don't have the space for the full binder, see if you can strip out and take the connection examples section (Part II). I found that very helpful for the afternoon session, where there's a good chance of getting a connection design problem. 

Good luck people!! I am sure you all will do well!